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Edmonton stabbing: Boy, 13, charged with murder of Christopher John Barry outside his home in London | |
(35 minutes later) | |
A 13-year-old boy has been charged with murdering a man outside his home in Edmonton following a “verbal altercation”, police have said. | |
Christopher John Barry, 53, also known as Jack, was stabbed in Edmonton, north London, on Sunday evening. | |
A group of boys had been trying to get to a party at a flat in the block when Mr Barry, reported to be an Irish construction worker, and his girlfriend arrived at The Broadway building in Edmonton, north London. | |
After a short dispute, the couple went into the building. The boys, who did not know Mr Barry, stabbed him before he reached his front door, said police. | |
Ambulance crews were called to attend the incident, but Mr Barry was pronounced dead on the scene shortly before 8.40pm on Sunday. | |
The man’s girlfriend, named locally as council worker Sabrina Finn, was comforted by a neighbour as ambulance staff unsuccessfully tried to save his life. | |
Yesterday, a post-mortem examination found the cause of death was a stab wound to the chest. | |
The teenage boy facing charges has been remanded in custody to appear at Highbury Corner Youth Court tomorrow charged with murder, Scotland Yard said. | |
Police also arrested four other boys - three aged 14 and one 13 - on suspicion of murder. They must return to an east London police station on a date in late January where they will be questioned by police, Scotland Yard said. | |
Detective Chief Inspector Neale Baldock, of the Homicide and Major Crime Command, who is leading the investigation, said: “Our initial inquiries have established that there was a supervised party taking place at another address within the block and the group of males were trying to gain access to this. | Detective Chief Inspector Neale Baldock, of the Homicide and Major Crime Command, who is leading the investigation, said: “Our initial inquiries have established that there was a supervised party taking place at another address within the block and the group of males were trying to gain access to this. |
"The victim and this group were not known to each other - what started as a minor verbal altercation has escalated into a shocking act of violence." | |
Guy Bouho, who lives on the fifth floor of the block where the murder look place, told the Enfield Independent that his neighbour was a “hard-working and lovely man”. | |
This was the third serious incident in Edmonton within the past 16 days. All took place within a mile of each other. | |
Additional reporting by PA |
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